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CWSHL TRIES TO SAVE FINANCIALLY TROUBLED FLYERS

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  The Central West Senior Hockey League has agreed to cancel the six remaining games the Gander Flyers were to have played in the regular season. The league in a prepared statement said “due to revenue this season having fallen well below budgeted figures which resulted in a accumulating serious financial situation for the team”, the League, HNL and all teams have agreed that the remaining three weekends of scheduled games will not be played. So the League now says the Gander Flyers will play the Clarenville Caribous in a best of three semi final series. This means that the Flyers…

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SNOW, LUKE TO RUGBY HALL

    ROD SNOW  Two Newfoundlanders will be among the first seven inductees into the 2017 Canadian Rugby Hall of Fame class. Rod Snow and Mike Luke will be the two Newfoundlanders to be inducted into the hall. As one of the most prolific front rowers in Canadian rugby history, Snow enjoyed an illustrious career that saw him play in four Rugby World Cups for Canada. The Bonavista, Newfoundland native, won 62 test caps for Canada, the most of any front rower. He made his test debut against Argentina in 1995 and made his final test appearance at the 2007…

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HNL GIVES PENDER 6 GAMES

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    Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador has ruled on a suspension for Clarenville Caribous forward Justin Pender. HNL has suspended the the Clarenville play for six games.   The suspension was handed out after Pender received a match penalty after an incident in a game between the Cataracts and Caribous January 22nd.   Pender was assessed the match penalty for throwing a water bottle at a referee.  …

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GANDER FLYERS GM SAYS THEY HAVENT FOLDED

      SUNDAY  The General Manager Garry White of the Gander Flyers told the GANDER BEACON Sunday the following –which implies they are hanging by a thread.   “We’ve cut a lot of expenses compared to previous years, and we thought it would make us successful this year. However,  we didn’t anticipate the drop in revenue that was waiting for us,” he said. “Our commitment was to try and finish the regular season, but the financial situation we are in and with declining interest, it might make it impossible. In its current state we can not proceed, that’s how…

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ST JOHNS JUNIOR HOCKEY

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      S A T U R D A Y   The Roebothan McKay Marshall Avalon Junior Capitals out lasted the CBN Stars 7-4  as Andrew Paul netted  four goals and added an assist.   Adam Caines backed up Pau  had one goal and five assists. Ben Cleary with one goal and three assists and Jordan Freake had the other.   Stars get goals from Reilly Deering , Ryan Dawson, Cass Warren, and Alex Hudgins.   St John’s Caps  came away with a  7-4 win over the CBR Renegades.   Nathan Peters led the way with  two goals and…

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MARLIES TAKE TWO FROM ICE CAPS

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  S A T U R D A Y    The St. John’s IceCaps ended their home stand with a 4-0 loss to the Toronto Marlies on Saturday afternoon.   The game was back-and-forth in the first period until the Marlies’ Dmytro Timoshov broke the scoreless tie with 1:16 left in the first frame. Toronto would go on to score again in the second to maintain the lead.   The third period began with a quick tally from Andreas Johnsson to stretch the Marlies lead to three, and they would add another – Timoshov’s second of the night for the…

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